# 𑀫𑀁𑀲
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* maṃsa (Latin script)
* मंस (Devanagari script)
* মংস (Bengali script)
* මංස (Sinhalese script)
* မံသ (Burmese script)
* มํส or มังสะ (Thai script)
* ᨾᩴᩈ (Tai Tham script)
* ມໍສ or ມັງສະ (Lao script)
* មំស (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄁𑄥 (Chakma script)

### Noun

𑀫𑀁𑀲 n
* Brahmi script form of maṃsa

#### Declension
## Prakrit
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑀸𑀲 (māsa)
* 𑀫𑀁𑀰 (maṃśa) — Māgadhī (see there for further descendants)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀫𑀸𑀁𑀲 (māṃsá). Cognate with Pali maṃsa.

### Noun

𑀫𑀁𑀲 (maṃsa) n (Devanagari मंस, Gujarati મંસ, Kannada ಮಂಸ) (Ardhamāgadhī, Māhārāṣṭrī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)
* flesh, meat
** c. 700 CE, Anonymous, Maṇipati-Carita 953:𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀊𑀡 𑀫𑀁𑀲𑀁 𑀲𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀁 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀬 𑀧𑀸𑀟𑀺𑀊𑀡-𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀺𑀁 𑀧𑀇𑀊𑀁 𑀢𑀁 𑀕𑀳𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 𑀲𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀑 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀺-𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺ukkattiūṇa maṃsaṃ sarāṇiṃ mahiya pāḍiūṇa-aggiṃ païūṃ taṃ gahittā samāgao devi-pāsammi1959 translation by Robert Hamilton Blair Williamscutting some flesh from his buttock, he rubbed together some reed twigs and kindled a fire then he cooked the meat and took it to the queen.
** c. 1088 – 1173, Hemachandra, Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāśana Chapter 8 1, 29:𑀫𑀸𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀤𑁂𑀭𑀯𑀸 𑁈𑁨𑁯𑁈 𑀫𑀸𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀤𑀻𑀦𑀸𑀫𑀦𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀬 𑀮𑀼𑀕𑁆 𑀯𑀸 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺𑁇 𑀫𑀸𑀲𑀁 𑀫𑀁𑀲𑀁𑁇 𑀫𑀸𑀲𑀮𑀁 𑀫𑀁𑀲𑀮𑀁𑁇 𑀓𑀸𑀲𑀁 𑀓𑀁𑀲𑀁𑁇 𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀽 𑀧𑀁𑀲𑀽𑁇 𑀓𑀳 𑀓𑀳𑀁𑁇 𑀏𑀯 𑀏𑀯𑀁𑁇 𑀦𑀽𑀡 𑀦𑀽𑀡𑀁𑁇 𑀇𑀆𑀡𑀺, 𑀇𑀆𑀡𑀺𑀁, 𑀤𑀸𑀡𑀺 𑀤𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀁𑁇 𑀓𑀺 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀫𑀺𑁇 𑀲𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀁 𑀲𑀁𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀁𑁇 𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀅𑀁 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀲𑀼𑀅𑀁𑁇 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁄 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀖𑁄𑁇 𑀫𑀸𑀁𑀲𑁇 𑀫𑀸𑀁𑀲𑀮𑁇 𑀓𑀸𑀁𑀲𑁆𑀬𑁇 𑀧𑀸𑀁𑀲𑀼𑁇 𑀓𑀣𑀫𑁆𑁇 𑀏𑀯𑀫𑁆𑁇 𑀦𑀽𑀦𑀫𑁆𑁇 𑀇𑀤𑀸𑀦𑀻𑀫𑁆𑁇 𑀓𑀺𑀫𑁇 𑀲𑀁𑀫𑀼𑀔𑁇 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀰𑀼𑀓𑁇 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑁇 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀤𑀺𑁇māṃsāderavā .29. māṃsādīnāmanusvārasya lug vā bhavati. māsaṃ maṃsaṃ. māsalaṃ maṃsalaṃ. kāsaṃ kaṃsaṃ. pāsū paṃsū. kaha kahaṃ. eva evaṃ. nūṇa nūṇaṃ. iāṇi, iāṇiṃ, dāṇi dāṇiṃ. ki karemi. samuhaṃ saṃmuhaṃ. kesuaṃ kiṃsuaṃ. sīho siṃgho. māṃsa. māṃsala. kāṃsya. pāṃsu. katham. evam. nūnam. idānīm. kima. saṃmukha. kiṃśuka. siṃha. ityādi.
** c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti I. Bambhadatta page 4, line 9:𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓-𑀲𑁄𑀡𑀺𑀬-𑀲𑀁𑀪𑀽𑀬𑀁 𑀅𑀲𑀼𑀈-𑀭𑀲-𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀺𑀬𑀁𑁇 𑀢𑀬-𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢-𑀫𑀁𑀲-𑀫𑁂𑀬-𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺-𑀫𑀺𑀁𑀚-𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓-𑀯𑀺𑀡𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑁈𑁧𑁈sukka-soṇiya-saṃbhūyaṃ asuī-rasa-vaḍḍhiyaṃ. taya-ratta-maṃsa-meya-aṭṭhi-miṃja-sukka-viṇimmiyaṃ .1.1909 translation by John Jacob MeyerʺSprung from semen and blood, caused to grow by impure fluids, consisting of skin, blood, flesh, fat, bones, marrow and semen, dripping impure fluids from nine openings for fluids, a store-house of filthiness — that is the body, charming to the mind dirty in appearance.

#### Derived terms

* Central:
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: मासा (māsā), मस्सा (massā)
    Urdu: مَسَّا (massā), مَسَّہ (massa)
* Northwestern:
** Old Punjabi: ਮਾਸੁ (māsu)
*** Punjabi: mās
    Gurmukhi script: ਮਾਸ
    Shahmukhi script: ماس
** Saraiki:
    Devanagari script: मास (mās)
    Multani script: 𑊠𑊥 (ms)
    Shahmukhi script: ماس (mās)
** Sindhi: māsu, mā̃su
    Arabic script: ماسُ, مانسُ
    Devanagari script: मासु, मांसु
    Khudabadi script: 𑋗𑋠𑋝𑋣, 𑋗𑋠𑋟𑋝𑋣

#### Descendants

* Central:
** Eastern Hindi:
*** Chhattisgarhi: मास (mās)
** Western Hindi:
*** Old Hindi: मांस (mā̃sa)
**** Braj: मास (mās)
**** Bundeli: मास (mās), माँस (mā̃s)
**** Hindustani: mā̃s, mās
    Hindi: माँस, मास
    Urdu: مَان٘سْ (mā̃s), مَاسْ (mās)
* Northern:
** Central Pahari:
*** Garhwali: मासु (māsu)
*** Kumaoni: मासु (māsu)
** Eastern Pahari:
*** Nepali: मासु (māsu)
** Western Pahari:
*** Dogri: mās
    Devanagari script: मास
    Dogra script: 𑠢𑠬𑠩
* Southern:
** Insular:
*** Dhivehi: މަސް (mas)
*** Sinhalese: මස් (mas), මහ (maha)
** Marathi-Konkani:
*** Konkani: mās
    Devanagari script: मास
    Kannada script: ಮಾಸ್
    Latin script: mas
*** Old Marathi: mauṃsa
    Devanagari script: मौंस
    Modi script: 𑘦𑘼𑘽𑘭
**** Marathi: mās, māusa
    Devanagari script: मास, मांस
    Modi script: 𑘦𑘰𑘭, 𑘦𑘰𑘽𑘭
* Northwestern:
** Sindhi: māhu
    Arabic script: ماهُ
    Devanagari script: माहु
    Khudabadi script: 𑋗𑋠𑋞𑋣
* Western:
** Ahirani: मास (mās)
** Gojri: مَاسْ (mās)
** Gujarati: માંસ (mā̃s)
** Kholosi: môz
** Malvi: माँस (mā̃s)
** Marwari:
    Devanagari script: मंस (mans), मांस (māns), माँस (mā̃s), मौंस (ma͠us)
    Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅧𑅰 (mns), 𑅬𑅒𑅧𑅰 (muns)
** Romani: mas

### References

* Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “मंस”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 665.
* E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎, London: Trübner & Co., page 138
* Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 77
* Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Narayan Bapuji Utgikar (1929) “मंस”, in Wilson Philological Lectures [on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages], Poona, India: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, →OCLC, page 632
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māṁsá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 574